Roger Federer arrives at the Miami Open presented by Itaú with plenty of momentum, fresh off his 100th tour-level title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and a trip to the BNP Paribas Open final.
The 37-year-old Swiss will be competing in Miami for the 18th time, and he will be pursuing his fourth title at the tournament.
Fast Facts
– Federer and Rafael Nadal’s first two FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings came in Miami, with Nadal emerging victorious from their first match in 2004. The Spaniard needed just 70 minutes to advance in straight sets.
– Federer has lost the first two sets in a best-of-five set tour-level final eight times. The only match he came back to win was the 2005 Miami final against Nadal.
– The Swiss star’s first Masters 1000 final came in Miami in 2002. Former World No. 1 Andre Agassi, who owns a record-tying six Miami titles (also Novak Djokovic), defeated Federer in four sets.
– Federer has not competed in doubles in Miami since 2003. But that year, he partnered Belarusian Max Mirnyi to the title, dropping just one set en route to lifting the trophy.
– Miami is one of four Masters 1000 events that Federer has triumphed at three times or more. He has also done so in Indian Wells, Hamburg and Cincinnati.
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Five Federer Stats From Miami
First Match: 1999, Kenneth Carlsen def. Federer 7-5, 7-6(4)
First Title: 2005, Federer def. Rafael Nadal 2-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
Record: 50-14
Top 10 record : 9-5
6-0 Sets Won: 1
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Most Recent Appearance: 2018
Federer is the most recent player to complete the ‘Sunshine Double’ — winning Indian Wells and Miami in the same year — in 2017. But after the Swiss failed to convert three championship points in the Indian Wells last year,
Federer lost his Miami opener against World No. 175 Thanasi Kokkinakis. It was the first time the Swiss had dropped consecutive matches since 2014.
Seed at the 2019 Miami Open presented by Itau: No. 4
Did You Know?
Federer has won three matches in final-set tie-breaks in Miami, with two of them coming in back-to-back battles in the 2017 quarter-finals (def. Berdych) and semi-finals (def. Kyrgios).
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